zi

(noun suffix); son; child

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 37th character
Radical ⼦ (39.0)
Strokes 3
Index # 64

Definitions

子 zi
  1. 1. (noun suffix)
子 zǐ
  1. 1. son
  2. 2. child
  3. 3. seed
  4. 4. egg
  5. 5. small thing
  6. 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
  7. 7. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
  8. 8. Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility wǔ děng jué wèi

Stroke order

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Words containing 子

Word Meaning
electronic network
electronic computer
electronic computer
traffic camera; speed camera
traffic camera; speed camera
electronic money
electronic money
computer and video games
email
email
email
electron cloud
electron microscope
electron microscope
IEEE; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IEEE; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
an illegitimate child
double layer of padding in a boot
Korean (derog.)
Korean (derog.)
Han Feizi, Legalist text; Han Fei, its author
Han Feizi, Legalist classic; Han Feizi, thinker
a straight (poker, mahjong)
shirt collar